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Although a strong dollar persists, Aberdeen Asset Management Asia (Aberdeen) says that Asia is in reasonably good shape and China has been a great investment, particularly onshore market.

The versatility of equity-linked debt in today’s hot market was in evidence again on Monday, when the City of Turin used the product for the first time to raise €150m of five year debt against its stake in Iren, the Italian multi-utility group.

CVC Capital Partners sold its last shares in Abertis Infraestructuras, the Spanish toll roads and telecoms infrastructure company, on November 19 in an €818m block trade that gave Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s league table standing a big boost.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation has launched Data as a Service (DaaS), a solution that the company claims will transform the way data is accessed and presented from its clearing, settlement, servicing and trade reporting platforms.

Piraeus Bank, the Greek bank most in need of new capital, said on Saturday (November 21) that it had completed the bookbuilding phase of its share sale, securing €1.34bn.

The Chicago Board Options Exchange has created five options-based strategy performance benchmark indices that aim to help investors improve risk management and returns.

Edag, the German family-owned car engineering service provider, started taking orders on Monday for its initial public offering in Frankfurt.

Danone returned to the corporate bond market on Monday for the second time this year, with a €750m 8.5 year bond.

A question mark hung over BMW’s quarterly round of private placements this week. Like some of its rivals' emissions test results, deals over the last few days showed rather higher numbers than earlier in the year.

A second French agency is looking to tap the belly of the euro curve this week and will be hoping to repeat Agence Française de Développement’s earlier success in the currency.

Emirates Global Aluminium launched syndication on Tuesday for a $4.9bn seven year loan facility, comprising both conventional and Islamic financing, to refinance existing loans.

The European Stability Mechanism is going further down the curve than ever before and has mandated three banks to sell a 40 year bond.